UFC Fight Night 197 - Holloway vs. Rodriguez --- UFC on ESPN 31 - Font vs. Aldo
UFC Fight Night 198: Vieira vs. Tate (also known as UFC Vegas 43) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on November 20, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
Fight card
Main card (ESPN+)
Women's Bantamweight Ketlen Vieira vs. Miesha Tate
Welterweight Michael Chiesa vs. Sean Brady
Bantamweight Rani Yahya vs. Kyung Ho Kang
Women's Flyweight Joanne Calderwood vs. Taila Santos
Bantamweight Davey Grant vs. Adrian Yanez
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Featherweight Tucker Lutz vs. Pat Sabatini
Lightweight Rafa Garcia vs. Natan Levy
Women's Strawweight Loma Lookboonmee vs. Lupita Godinez
Lightweight Fares Ziam vs. Terrance McKinney
Flyweight Cody Durden vs. Qileng Aori
Featherweight Sean Soriano vs. Shayilan Nuerdanbieke
Women's Strawweight Luana Pinheiro vs. Sam Hughes
Background
A women's bantamweight bout between Ketlen Vieira and former Strikeforce and UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate is expected to headline the event. The pairing was originally expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont, but it was pulled from the card when Tate tested positive for COVID-19.
A bantamweight bout between Rani Yahya and Kyung Ho Kang is expected to take place at this event. They were originally scheduled to meet at UFC on ESPN: Hall vs. Strickland, but Yahya tested positive for COVID-19 and the pairing was postponed.
A women's Flyweight bout between Joanne Calderwood and Alexa Grasso was scheduled for the event. However, Grasso was forced to pull out from the event due to injury and was replaced by Taila Santos.
A featherweight bout between Gavin Tucker and Pat Sabatini was scheduled for the event. However, Tucker had to pull out of the bout in late October and was replaced by Tucker Lutz.
A women's strawweight between former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion and UFC Women's Strawweight Championship challenger Jessica Penne and Luana Pinheiro was expected to take place at the event. However, Penne withdrew from the bout due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Sam Hughes.
A women's strawweight bout between Loma Lookboonmee and Cheyanne Buys was scheduled for the event. However, Buys withdrew from the bout due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Lupita Godinez.
A flyweight bout between Malcolm Gordon and Denys Bondar was scheduled for this event. However, Gordon withdrew from the event due to undisclosed reason and the pairing was rescheduled for UFC Fight Night 201.
A light heavyweight bout between Marcin Prachnio and Azamat Murzakanov was scheduled for this event. ​However, due to visa issues, the bout was scrapped.
A heavyweight bout between Augusto Sakai and Tai Tuivasa was scheduled for this event. However, the pairing was scrapped due to visa issues and it is now expected to take place at UFC 269.
